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No system is perfect. You'll forget something. Something will go wrong. A reservation will be messed up. But having a system means when something goes wrong, you have a foundation to work from. You have backup plans. You have documentation. You have structure.

The hardest part of solo travel at our age isn't navigating foreign airports or eating alone at restaurants. It's giving yourself permission to do it. For decades, we've been the ones taking care of everyone else. But go do something for ourselves? It feels selfish. Let me save you some time: it's not selfish. It's necessary.